From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Dec 13 07:32:01 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8160BC75F20 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:32:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x232.google.com (mail-io0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 454411491 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:32:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x232.google.com with SMTP id d9so210621512ioe.0 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:32:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=+1rZkESdNgqAlJQQT4ZXov8kv54l+V0nMcdvqRMpwjQ=; b=QiUxa9UzKLVwN2TYKkmGNKw62wgX+H/p039poD35LkPprbgGYFDAOBEs+M1T/xAToA ICu2TQYJqc6ZagrLKHLCX6RgaFWGYlzdyEYVHD1vyXqDpF3exOCx9FwEQdsvMfkMI7Ry b12zsJ+5WQzkYjmj3v+5MOLxPMfZBLHzzfzupAn/ZWkr6nKfcucu8HKGeyGulkyxl5kf uyu8OSe5Fso/wcYd64LOPvW9sDQSPCErNwNoaO4rLfZBFuduLZG6+BqYuaSfXXcQYMZD /NFfzhgEpXHqRggjmgPMv5cSH7xumyOSKKY5Z+qZX6YV3BNETQcQWbeVl8uIFBaOBiK4 u0ag== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=+1rZkESdNgqAlJQQT4ZXov8kv54l+V0nMcdvqRMpwjQ=; b=bgl5njKRKj546ZP7YHZB4TBZHCwctZdvuymNUVBTK7kExso0tL7hnjhD0xM/b1Zvn9 Gjl3en2ItIjUWU7ACxopkhF+rhLA9+L6q1vh/iwZjVSqjaYqtveDtNcURdiRR5ly68Vv H/tjK25uie4vSfHiP7zl3pmpkJ6LwrdXE/4S5Q1vqEX3NOIggch/4IiUviLr+9gyw2Lz cv4z9Bx7G9e82cTmbaGug3b0FOgfjJgr9XGdiKVtMCr8bUx6eMAfTD16boUDb3jxJpYh cRy8zP81vpilV+l+SvhbO0pzH8XvqR2ghPPnM3PNIHeY9zCRJg7uB7cBvbeGA/tmY6aG Lg/g== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01tCDDPmocp7dCyWasXmCOqK4pHtZvXVUV4Sqa/VEw5Cd10cdm2wQKo2zhVFiw+D4GVNltCXWDhABlD4g== X-Received: by 10.36.58.85 with SMTP id m82mr1325063itm.29.1481614320681; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:32:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.150.129 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:32:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <200A5D70-24CE-4843-B99D-E10A2AF4F68F@FreeBSD.org> <20161213052759.GP61036@server.rulingia.com> From: Adrian Chadd Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:32:00 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Sysctl as a Service, or: making sysctl(3) more friendly for monitoring systems To: Warner Losh Cc: Peter Jeremy , FreeBSD Hackers , Ed Schouten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:13:15 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:32:01 -0000 On 12 December 2016 at 22:03, Warner Losh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> If only we had a mechanism for these kinds of sensors to register, so >> the API they'd be using would be one that lead itself to edge/level >> triggered comparisons, versus polling. >> >> Wait, didn't we /have/ one of those up for review a few years ago, and >> it wasn't merged in? > > Didn't we have people willing to work with the folks that put this up > when to address the defects in the review? Oh, wait, they never wanted > to work to fix the problems, even with many offers of help to do so. > > My offer still stands, btw. Heh, this wasn't a troll? :) I should've been clearer! Does anyone remember where the ye olde framework was? -a